VSA DB 99 vs VR 35 or 33 sonic differences???????

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rlw3

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VSA DB 99 vs VR 35 or 33 sonic differences???????
« on: 3 Jun 2011, 04:34 pm »
very curious if some of the long time VSA owners could speak to the voicing differences in a midium sized room. would speaker upgrades to the older 99 minimize differences? which has a more nuanced bass and airier highs?? 

JackD201

Re: VSA DB 99 vs VR 35 or 33 sonic differences???????
« Reply #1 on: 3 Jun 2011, 05:11 pm »
I really don't know. The DB99 is aging extremely well and continues to hold its own quite easily in today's market. It's also got that powered bass giving it flexibility from 3wpc to well over 200wpc. Fitted with a VSA or Townshend Supertweeter and it goes up a couple of notches higher. IME and O it's rival in the line was the VR-5 SE. Both sounded like little versions of VR-9s but in different ways, the VR-5s mids and highs and the DB-99s mids and bass. If an upgrade would be made available for DB-99s that would improve them as much as a 5 SE to 5 Anniversary does. I'd do that even if it meant sacrificing a dB or two of sensitivity by replacing the tweeter with one of those from the current line. Again IMO only, it's only the DB-99's tweeter that's become a bit dated.